5th International Sporthumor: The Smile Olympics 2012, Italy

5th INTERNATIONAL "SPORTHUMOR" THE SMILE OLIMPICS, ITALIA
Theme: "All Sports..." (Football, Cycling, Athletics, Boxing, Motorcycling, Skiing, Motor Racing, Swimming, Running, Speedboat Racing, Basketball, Baseball, etc...)
Section:
Cartoon, Caricature, Digital Prints...
Size: A4 (21x29.7) Only...
Work: Maximum of 3 works... Original...
The digital works, printed on paper with original signatures, participate in the competition...
Deadline: 28 FEBRUARY 2012
Prizes:
2.000 € (For original cartoons)
1.000 € (For original caricature)
500 € (For digital works)
Address:
Emilio Isca Via Dante 4,
10098 Rivoli/TO (Italia)
E-Mail Address: emilioisca@libero.it
Responsible: Emilio Isca.
Sources: New Scorpion 104 & fanofunny

Catalog of 1st Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition

Received yesterday the color catalog of the 1st Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition 2011 from China, a long way with no damages in the post at all. Plus the Selected Prize Honor Certificate and the rules for the next competition. Many thanks to the organisers.

The catalog is 21x28.6 cm in size and has 32 pages with covers included. The front cover displays Alessandro Gatto's Best Work Prize cartoon in the frame.

The results of the competition is on page 28. From Turkey 5 cartoonists are in the list, yet only 4 cartoons in the catalog, if I am not mistaken.

The margins of the pages have illustrations of bamboo, the %99 diet of panda. About 5-6 cartoons/illustrations are published on each page. The works in the catalog are mostly on theme "panda", so there are quite few cartoons with "free" theme: one example here below as Blogger's Choice:

2nd Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition 2012, China

The 2nd Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition 2012
1. Participation
The contest is open to all artists regardless of nationality, age, sex, etc.
2. Organizer
Host: "HONGTU" Art institute
Sponsor: Red Man Art Center.
Official website: http://www.redmanart.com/
3. Theme
A) Chinese Dragon
B) Panda
C) Free
4. Entries
1) The works whether they have been awarded in other contests previously will be accepted.
2) Participators should summit the original works. Any slide, photograph or xerox will not be accepted.
3) The maximum 10 entries should be submitted for each category.
4) The maximum size of the works should be 700 × 700 mm respectively.
5) The works should be accompanied by the author's resume and photo (or caricature).
6) First name, Last name, Address, Email, Telephone number should be written on the reverse side of the works. Please specify in envelope: “2012 Gold Panda”
7) Technique and medium of works are unlimited. Any painting, Print making, Traditional Chinese Painting, Oil painting, Watercolor, Crafts art or Children’s painting will be accepted.
5. Entry Form
Please download the entry form on our web site: http://www.redmanart.com/
At the same time, the self-made entry form is also accepted.
6. Deadline and Exhibition
1) The deadline for entry is the 29 of February 2012.
2) The Opening of the exhibitions will take place in "HONGTU" Art institute on May , 2012.
7．Delivery
1) The entries must be flat protected with hard cardboard, or rolled in a hard case. The folded works will not be accepted.
2) Please send entries to the address as follow:
HU ZHEN YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, JIN QIAO SHI DAI JIA YUAN
YUN JING EAST ROAD，TONG ZHOU QU,
BEIJING 101121，CHINA
8. Judgment
1) The jury committee is composed of artists, print engravers, cartoonist, illustrators and press editors.
2) The jury meeting will be held on April , 2, 2011.
3) The committee will announce the result on April, 15, 2011 on web site. At the same time organizer will contact the winning artists via postal mail or email.
9. Prizes
1) Gold Panda prize – Golden Panda Medal + 2000 US Dollars – 1
2) Best work prize – Silver Panda Medals + 300 US Dollars – 5
3) The special prize of jury meeting – Copper Panda Medals – 30
4) Selected prize – Certificate of merit
10. Copyright
Explicitly participators have whole copyright for their entries. The committee has the right to use all the submitted works to spread competition on media, websites, posters, post cards, advertisements, etc.
11. Catalog
The authors whose works has been selected will receive one copy of the catalog made for the competition.
12. Provisions
1) The submitted works will not be returned. They will be exhibited and displayed in Redman International Cartoon House.
2) Participation in the contest means the complete acceptance of all the above conditions and agreements with jury's decision.
(Complete Rules & Entry-form)
For Information
HU ZHEN YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, JIN QIAO SHI DAI JIA YUAN
YUN JING EAST ROAD，TONG ZHOU QU,
BEIJING 101121，CHINA
Web site
http://www.redmanart.com/
Email:
redmanart@126.com

DICACO 2012, the 21sth Daejeon International Cartoon Contest, Korea

The 21sth Daejeon International Cartoon Contest (DICACO 2012) - Korea
The Daejeon City is inviting world cartoonists to take part in DICACO 2012 (the 21sth Daejeon International Cartoon Contest).
1. This year’s contest comprises a Theme section (titled New City & Eco Story) and a Free section.
2. The size of works should be smaller than 297 mm × 420 mm.
3. Any color, free style, and unlimited items. (+2 Works)
4. Each entrant should provide title, name, age, address, career, e-mail, and telephone number on reverse.
5. The deadline for entry of original works is Jun. 30, 2012.
6. Entries should be addressed to the Daejean International Cartoon Institute, 450, Wolpyeongdong, Daejeon, Seoul 302-280, Korea.
7. The most creative cartoon will win the Grand prize of $3,000, Gold prize of $1,000, Silver prize of $500, Bronze prize of $300, and 300 Selected works will be awarded.
8. Exhibit the cartoons at the City Gallery in Oct. 2012.
9. Submitted cartoons will not be returned, but exhibited forever in Korean public halls, art galleries, & museums.
10. Your cartoon may be used for promotional purposes : cards, posters, catalogs, newspapers, magazine, and books etc.
From Dr.Lim, Cheong San, President of the Daejeon Int’l Cartoon Institute
450, Wolpyeongdong, Daejeon, Seoul 302-280, Korea
Tel: 82 (42) 487-5034 C.P: 82-11-425-6115
E-mail: csanlim@naver.com * http://www.dicaco.com/
http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr/ (all works).

Results 20th Daejeon International Cartoon Contest 2011, Korea

Results DICACO 2011 (20th Daejeon International Cartoon Contest), Korea
Received a couple of days ago the color catalog of DICACO 2011. According to the catalog, the winners of major prizes are:
Grand Prize: Yuriy Kosobukin (Ukraine) (See bottom)
Gold Prize: Jing Shan Li (China)
Silver Prizes: Zaenal Abidin (Indonesia), Gopal Sarkar (India).
Bronze Prizes: Valentin Druzhinin (Russia), Urmas Nemvalts (Estonia), Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan), Muhittin Köroğlu (Turkey).
The catalog is also titled as “World Cartoon Encyclopedia Vol.20”. President of Contest Committee, Dr Cheong San Lim points out that they received 1470 cartoons by 463 cartoonists from 59 nations and regions including Korea and awarded 352 winners this year. The most entries are from the home country with 59 artists and 114 works. Korea is followed by Chinese artists (51), Iran (40), Serbia (38), Turkey (25), and Indonesia (24).
Turkish cartoonists are awarded the following prizes in the contest:
Bronze Prize: Muhittin Köroğlu.
Student Prize: Burhan Demircan.
Student Honorable Mention: Çevik Basmacı.
Best Cartoon Prize: Musa Gümüş, Recep Bayramoğlu, Nuri Bilgin, Kemal Özyurt, Ahmet Ümit Akkoca, Erdoğan Başol, Musa Keklik, Ümit Müfit Dinçay, Ercan Baysal, Mete Ağaoğlu, Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu, Mümin Bayram, Seyit Saatçi.
Honorable Mention: Hayati Kayhan, Halit Kurtulmuş Aytoslu, İ. Serdar Sayar, Sema Ündeğer, Elsin Altın.
The front cover cartoon is by the Korean student, Han Na Cho: a theme cartoon. The theme this year was “Orient + Occident --> Convergence”. The organisers received 530 theme cartoons and 940 with free theme.
The Jury selected some works first time this year for Achievement Awards also; you can see them through this link.

Kyoto International Cartoon Special Exhibition 2011: "Never giving up: Japan"

Received a couple of days ago the wonderful catalog of Kyoto International Cartoon Special Exhibition 2011 titled "Never giving up: Japan". The exhibition was held from 6th to 11th September in the Kyoto Municipal Museum, Annex. All entry fee will be contributed to victims of earthquake and tsunami. Now they are planning this exhibition in Fukushima.

With only two months' notice and no prizes this time, they still received about 300 cartoons by 127 cartoonists from 41 countries.

Among the artists contributing to the event are Ferhat Demirbaş, Kemal Özyurt, Osman Güral Suroğlu, Erdoğan Başol, Ahmet Ümit Akkoca, Eray Özbek, and Musa Gümüş, from Turkey.

The color catalog consists of 76 pages including the covers and is 18.2 x 25.7 cm in size. The cover cartoon is by John Jensen from UK and has the legend: "I've found our good luck charm. It's not even cracked." (Top above)

Blogger's Choice: G. M. Sudarta (Indonesia).

Deadline in Satyrykon Legnica 2012: February 12

Rules & Application Card

Invitation to inauguration of exhibition: Bulls, cats and roofs of Lorenzo Goñi

Deadline extended the second time in 2nd Retrofitting Cartoon Festival 2011

With regards to the issue of upgrading and retrofitting of rural housing and related institutes interest in this field specially on cultural issues and a cartoon festivals, we decided to inform the deadline of the Festival to all cartoonist and civil engineers.
All who have not been able to send their artistic works to us or their works have been failed to deliver, can take their time and send their works until 15 Nov, 2011.
Rules of participation & addresses for entry

Jozef Szekeres exhibition - Sydney, Australia

Results 31st International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest 2011, Turkey

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